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Aventail Cleans Up Leftovers: Page 2 of 3

Bottom line? The new wares could give IT managers more peace of mind when it comes to VPNs. “If you are an IT manager, you love the fact that SSL VPNs provide your users with additional productivity -- but you can run the risk that you will leave confidential information behind,” says Sarah Daniels, Aventail VP of product management and marketing.

Cache Control will ship as standard with the new release of the EX-1500, although Secure Desktop will cost an additional $2,200. The products will be available in the second quarter of this year.

The SSL VPN space is one of the fastest growing parts of the security market. A number of vendors, including Juniper Networks Inc., NetScreen Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc., are all jostling for position (see Cisco's Security Spree Continues).

Last year, NetScreen announced a deal to acquire SSL startup Neoteris Inc. for roughly $625 million in stock and cash, an acquisition that analysts hailed as a strong move (see NetScreen Snags SSL Leader).

With the ever-present threat provided by hackers and corporate espionage, firms are only too aware of just how vulnerable their PCs and laptops are. Also today, storage firm Adaptec Inc. announced a new application-specific storage array that automatically backs up PC and laptop information unprotected by standard server backups.